Montreal Mafia status - Post Rizzuto Era

[antimafia]

Man loses permit to own hunting rifles over alleged ties to Montreal Mafia
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- ... real-mafia

[antimafia]

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Il ne pourra pas avoir de permis de port d\'armes. Le Montréalais jure que ses amitiés sont le fruit du hasard ou de coïncidences : https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2024/ ... ts-mafieux

[OcSleeper]

Montreal: Mafioso Miraculously Escapes Death in Downtown
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2024/ ... ntre-ville

Tony Pietrantonio targeted last night.

[antimafia]

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If Vincenzo Armeni’s funeral-home visitation is or is not at the Loreto, the funeral home chosen may offer clues as to his loyalties.

His murder could be possibly tied to conflict within the ‘ndrangheta in Quebec — from the family tree I’ve conducted over the years, his relatives have ancestry from Ardore. There was a period in the 2010s when Domenico Armeni had moved to Toronto for some reason, operating a restaurant — but I doubt the restaurant was the reason for the move to Toronto.

I saw very, very late last night that there were two 10:00 am docket matters to be heard for a Natale Armeni this morning at an Ontario Court of Justice location. I strongly suspect that the defendant is the nephew of the Vincenzo Armeni killed in Laval last October. Assuming the defendant is indeed the nephew, his father is Domenico Armeni, the one-time chef-owner of Ristorante Lucca in Quebec who in the early to mid-2010s had moved from the Montreal area to the Toronto area and had either opened here the Italian restaurant Doppio Zero (since closed) or took over as owner. Domenico, like brother Vincenzo, also has a well-known criminal history. I think that both Domenico and son Natale moved to the Toronto area at around the same time.

Natale Armeni is charged with the following: Assault | Careless Use/Storage Firearm/Carrying Concealed Weapon | … (additional charge or charges were truncated).

He was a manager/waiter at his father’s Toronto restaurant but he has also been described in the past as a co-proprietor of Lucca. After Doppio Zero closed, he appears to have gotten a job as a server from Chef Francesco Comito, whose Passione Moda Cucina restaurant in Woodbridge (Vaughan) would later close down. [snip]

I have not been following Natale Armeni's criminal matters that have been heard in an Ontario courthouse since last year but I do know that his sentencing date is Friday, September 6. I am hoping to get a journalist to cover this and to publish an article. There is no publication ban for Armeni's matters, but as a nonjournalist, I can't disseminate what I learn from the sentencing proceedings.

[OcSleeper]

Thanks for the update Anti, let's hope someone does pick it up and covers it.

[antimafia]

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I sometimes reach out to journalists outside of Ontario and then give them links and phone numbers to use to apply for media accreditation to cover proceedings. Journalists are even provided different Zoom links than those provided to members of the regular public who are observing only.

[antimafia]

If anyone is able to augment what I've written below, please do so but only if you're comfortable.

Vito Rizzuto's daughter, Libertina ("Bettina"), is not only divorced from Bernardo Sciortino ("Benny") but is also actually engaged to someone who was part of her father's circle.

[OcSleeper]

Hadn't we talked about this on the forum before? I recall discussions about Libertina now being married to a Robert "Bobby" Manno IIRC. I can't seem to find the post about it though. I believe it was mentioned in one of the French books, probably by Daniel Renaud.

[antimafia]

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This news of Bettina Rizzuto’s engagement to someone in her father’s circle is recent.

A first cousin of Vito Rizzuto, Bobby Manno, is the son of †Domenico Manno and Carmela Alfano. Bobby’s actual name is Liborio, from which the Sicilian nicknames Bobino and Bobi are derived. Bobby Manno (b. Nov. 20, 1970) married Ida Di Meo (b. June 1, 1971) on July 2, 1994.

Renaud’s last book about the Italian underworld in Quebec was published Nov. 2018. Benny Sciortino is mentioned in it and described as Bettina’s husband. I estimate that she and Sciortino separated and then divorced between 2019 and 2022.

[OcSleeper]

That's right, I was confusing Vito's daughter Bettina with Paolo Renda's daughter Domenica who was married to a Cammisano and now appears to be married to a Manno.

Here's the post I was thinking of. Not sure how I couldn't find it before.
viewtopic.php?p=98102#p98102

I'll see if I'm able to find out anything about Bettina and Sciortino.

[antimafia]

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To be clear, Rizzuto and Sciortino are no longer together. I’m curious who her fiancé is and whether these two marrying is a strategic move.

[antimafia]

Dale Carruthers @DaleatLFPress‬⁩

Excited to be part of this five-part @VICETV series on the Hells Angels. I'm featured in episode 5, speaking about the HA's involvement in illegal sports gambling and the club's turf war with the Rizzuto crime family for control of the lucrative industry

2024-07-08, 10:54 AM

https://youtu.be/y_PQGTWuBmU?si=yvbwNtk8oEteOPos

[AntComello]

Dale Carruthers @DaleatLFPress‬⁩

Excited to be part of this five-part @VICETV series on the Hells Angels. I'm featured in episode 5, speaking about the HA's involvement in illegal sports gambling and the club's turf war with the Rizzuto crime family for control of the lucrative industry

2024-07-08, 10:54 AM

https://youtu.be/y_PQGTWuBmU?si=yvbwNtk8oEteOPos

Good stuff…when does it come out?

[antimafia]

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From the description on YouTube of the first free episode (https://youtube.com/watch?v=XtwwQXfEDvQ&t=1111s) (seems this first episode aired May 29, 2024 on Vice):

New episodes of Hells Angels: Kingdom Come Wednesdays 10p only on VICE TV.

(I found this link for the Vice TV United States episode Dale Carruthers is featured in, ep. 5, which is titled "Red Wedding":
https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/video/red- ... 32930a88fb.)

Here are the links to the relevant posts by Dale Carruthers on X:

https://x.com/DaleatLFPress/status/1810326594516312336 (I copy-pasted the content 2 posts ago)

https://x.com/DaleatLFPress/status/1810328258015359405:

Dale Carruthers @DaleatLFPress
The first episode is available (for free) on YouTube and the remainder of the season is on Apple TV, Google Play and YouTube (paid).
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XtwwQXfEDvQ&t=1111s #bikers #HellsAngels #LdnOnt

11:01 AM · Jul 8, 2024
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Links:

https://www.youtube.com/show/SCsSWC87kQ ... 1&sbp=CgEx (CAD $2.99 to CAD $3.99 for single episodes -- depending on whether you purchase standard definition vs. high definition -- plus taxes)

https://play.google.com/store/search?q= ... 2&c=movies -- you'll have to go to YouTube link above to purchase, as you can no longer purchase TV show episodes on Google Play

https://tv.apple.com/ca/episode/red-wed ... l8ij24mowl (CAD $9.99 or CAD $14.99 to watch all 6 episodes, plus any future ones if there are any, again depending on standard definition vs. high definition: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/tv-season/h ... 1746112916; CAD $1.99 to CAD $2.99 for single episodes per above)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/seaso ... verviewtab (CAD $9.99 or CAD $14.99 to watch all 6 episodes, plus any future ones if there are any, again depending on standard definition vs. high definition; CAD $1.99 to CAD $2.99 for single episodes per above)

I'll try to find the links for the US and perhaps some other countries.

[AntComello]

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From the description on YouTube of the first free episode (https://youtube.com/watch?v=XtwwQXfEDvQ&t=1111s) (seems this first episode aired May 29, 2024 on Vice):

New episodes of Hells Angels: Kingdom Come Wednesdays 10p only on VICE TV.

(I found this link for the Vice TV United States episode Dale Carruthers is featured in, ep. 5, which is titled "Red Wedding":
https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/video/red- ... 32930a88fb.)

Here are the links to the relevant posts by Dale Carruthers on X:

https://x.com/DaleatLFPress/status/1810326594516312336 (I copy-pasted the content 2 posts ago)

https://x.com/DaleatLFPress/status/1810328258015359405:

Dale Carruthers @DaleatLFPress
The first episode is available (for free) on YouTube and the remainder of the season is on Apple TV, Google Play and YouTube (paid).
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XtwwQXfEDvQ&t=1111s #bikers #HellsAngels #LdnOnt

11:01 AM · Jul 8, 2024
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Links:

https://www.youtube.com/show/SCsSWC87kQ ... 1&sbp=CgEx (CAD $2.99 to CAD $3.99 for single episodes -- depending on whether you purchase standard definition vs. high definition -- plus taxes)

https://play.google.com/store/search?q= ... 2&c=movies -- you'll have to go to YouTube link above to purchase, as you can no longer purchase TV show episodes on Google Play

https://tv.apple.com/ca/episode/red-wed ... l8ij24mowl (CAD $9.99 or CAD $14.99 to watch all 6 episodes, plus any future ones if there are any, again depending on standard definition vs. high definition: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/tv-season/h ... 1746112916; CAD $1.99 to CAD $2.99 for single episodes per above)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/seaso ... verviewtab (CAD $9.99 or CAD $14.99 to watch all 6 episodes, plus any future ones if there are any, again depending on standard definition vs. high definition; CAD $1.99 to CAD $2.99 for single episodes per above)

I'll try to find the links for the US and perhaps some other countries.

Thank you